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Goodbye CP
Japanese Movie - 19726.0
An intimate documentary about a group of people with cerebral palsy in Japan that confronts our preconceptions and prejudices about who they are, what they feel, and how they view their lives. (Source: IMDb)
The Pirates of Bubuan
Japanese Movie - 1972
Imamura reveals remote and impoverished islands in the Philippines to be the home of rival factions of pirates in this absorbing investigation into a little-known way of life. (Source: Icarus Films)
Red Army/PFLP: Declaration of World War
Japanese Movie - 1971
It was a milestone of film as activism, cinema as movement in Japan’s context. Adachi and Wakamatsu went to Beirut on the way back from the Cannes Film Festival. There, in collaboration with the Red Army members and…
In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Thailand
Japanese Movie - 19717.0
Imamura travels to Thailand, where he brings together three unreturned soldiers to discuss their experiences during the war and after. The three men--a farmer named Fujita and two doctors: Toshida and Nakayama--have…
In Search of the Unreturned Soldiers in Malaysia
Japanese Movie - 19717.0
In Malaysia, Imamura follows one false lead after another as he tries to locate unreturned Japanese who had given up the culture of their birth to integrate with Malaysian society. These wrong turns take the filmmaker…
History of Postwar Japan as Told by a Bar Hostess
Japanese Movie - 1970
A documentary film showcasing life in postwar Japan as seen through the eyes of a bar hostess. (Source: TMDB)
Kono Utsukushiki Sanga; Asia Shokoku no Kokubou
Japanese Movie - 1970
It is a documentary that asks what the homeland is and how the armaments are prepared to protect each famous place and people's lives by covering Asian countries such as Vietnam, South Korea and Cambodia. The director…
Vietnam
Japanese Movie - 1969
Captures the optimistic attitude and entrepreneurial spirit characteristic of the Vietnamese people, who remain positive despite ever-present reminders of the horros of the Vietnam War. source: IMDb
Cybele
Japanese Movie - 1969
A documentary of an avant-garde theatre performance, presents an orgiastic rite of sex, degradation, and bloody sacrifice, performed by Zero-Jigen. (Source: Letterboxd)
A.K.A. Serial Killer
Japanese Movie - 19694.0
AKA Serial Killer documents the social upheaval and political oppression that roiled Japan in the 1960s, profiling a nineteen-year-old serial killer Norio Nagayama. An indictment of media sensationalism, the film humanizes…
Japan Year Zero
Japanese Movie - 1968
Documentary about Japan that was shaken by the US-Japan security pact struggles and student disputes. (Source: theMoviedb)
Akagi Keiichiro wa Ikiteiru: Gekiryu ni Ikiru Otoko
Japanese Movie - 1967
The last work of Keiichiro Akagi, who died at the young age of 21 in an accident during the shooting of "A Man Living in a Torrent". Edited the unfinished film of "The Man Who Lives in the Torrent" and the interviews…
Hozee Toresu
Japanese Movie - 19655.0
Hiroshi Teshigahara's documentary on Jose Torres way to become champion.
On the Road: A Document
Japanese Movie - 19647.0
Japanese documentary from 1964 directed by Noriaki Tsuchimoto. The film focuses on the taxi drivers of Tokyo in the year before the Tokyo Olympics and the difficulties they face: construction obstructing traffic, poor…
Nakasendo
Japanese Movie - 1963
An experimental film edited from footage of the Japanese countryside. (Letterboxd)
Record of a Marathon Runner
Japanese Movie - 1963
This was a sponsored documentary film by director Kazuo Kuroki of Japan. This highly artistic film focused entirely on Japanese marathon runner Kenji Kimihara. Kimihara finished eighth in the 1964 Olympic marathon with…
The Song of Stone
Japanese Movie - 19636.0
While extracting and polishing their blocks of stone, stonecutters used to say “the stone is coming to life”. This paradox provided Matsumoto with the best metaphor for what making a film is all about. In his opinion,…
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